Canan Alimdar

 
Style of Art : Artist / jewelry designer
Branch of Art : Jewelery Design
Art Profile :

Canan Alimdar was born in Istanbul in 1966. After graduating from the School of Business at Istanbul University in 1988, she started her insurance/corporate career at San Sigorta, today′s Marsh and McLennan, by founding the Life and Health Insurance Department. She continued her education in England at the Chartered Insurance Institute, where she worked with insurance and reassurance companies. After returning to Turkey, Alimdar continued her corporate life at Halk Yasam as a corporate sales manager. Before founding her own consulting firm, she worked at Axa Oyak Insurance as a training and sales manager.

In 2006, Alimdar decided to change her career by learning a "trade". She began learning how to design jewelry at the Atelier Arkaik. After a period of apprenticeship, she started making jewelry with bird decorations, and created her own style. She had a solo exhibition at Argos in Cappadocia in 2011. Currently, Alimdar works at her workshop in the Feyzullah Han, close to the Istanbul Grand Bazaar.

Reference: cananalimdar.com, cappadociaexplorer.com

Email : info@cananalimdar.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Phone : 0212. 522 93 06
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English
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